MX001Zk Environmental Law Basics

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2017
Extent and Intensity
2/1. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Jana Dudová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Jakub Hanák, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. JUDr. Ivana Průchová, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Jana Tkáčiková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
JUDr. Vojtěch Vomáčka, Ph.D., LL.M. (lecturer)
Ing. Mgr. et Mgr. Hana Šmerda Musilová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ilona Jančářová, Ph.D.
Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Zuzana Suchá
Supplier department: Department of Environmental Law and Land Law – Faculty of Law
Timetable of Seminar Groups
MX001Zk/01: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Hanák, I. Jančářová, I. Průchová, V. Vomáčka
MX001Zk/02: No timetable has been entered into IS. I. Jančářová
Prerequisites
FAKULTA(LF) || FAKULTA(FF) || FAKULTA(FSS) || FAKULTA(PřF) || FAKULTA(FI) || FAKULTA(PdF) || FAKULTA(FSpS) || FAKULTA(ESF)
It is recommended to pass "Law basics for non-lawyers" in advance.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 50 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/50, only registered: 0/50, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/50
Course objectives
The course is aimed at the basic overview of current environmental law and at gaining experience in its legal interpretation and practical application. It will be focused on basic legal instruments and forms of their application, based on practical examples and case-studies. The course will provide students with understanding of following topics. - legal requirements related to development activities - legal requirements related to operational activities from their environmental impact point of view - organization of public administration and forms of it outcomes - liability relations in environnmental law - specifics of environmental law procedures - relation to international and EU law. The overal aim of this course is to provide stuidents with abilities to interpret and to apply environmental rules in the firéld of their non-studies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Environmental protection in the Czech, EU law and international law systems. Environmental law in the Czech legal system and relation to other legal fields. Sources of environmental law. Environmental protection in constitutional law. Right to the favourable environment and right to environmental information and their enforcement tools. 2. Institutional system and environmental law persons. System of public administration authorities, forms of their activities, powers and competences. Administrative procedures in environmental law. Participation of the public. 3. Liability in environmental law. System of liability relations. Administrative liability. Criminal liability. Civil law liability, Ecological Damage Liability. Instruments of their application. 4. Conflict of interests in the land-use. Environmental protection in procedures held under Construction Code and mining laws. Legal aspects of nature protection, cultural heritage protection and protection of individual environmental components. 5. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA). Assessment of impacts of constructions and other activities and their changes on environment. Strategic environmental assessment (SEA). Integrated prevention and pollution control (IPPC). Delimitation of IPPC facilities. IPPC procedure and permit requirements. 6. Protection of the air. Basic regulatory requirements. Administrative, economic and penal instruments and their application in practice. 7. Water protection. Basic regulatory requirements. Administrative, economic and penal instruments and their application in practice. 8. Agricultural land protection and protection of forests.Basic regulatory requirements. Administrative, economic and penal instruments and their application in practice. 9. Nature protection I.Basic regulatory requirements. Different regulatory instruments and their application in practice. 10. Nature protection II.Basic regulatory requirements. Different regulatory instruments and their application in practice. 11. Legal regulation of waste. Basic regulatory requirements. Administrative, economic and penal instruments and their application in practice. Legal regulation of transboundary movement of the waste. 12. Chemical substances management. Prevention of industrial accidents. Legal instruments for environmental protection in the field of chemical substances management and use. Emergency planning.
Literature
    required literature
  • JANČÁŘOVÁ, Ilona, Jana DUDOVÁ, Jakub HANÁK, Milan PEKÁREK, Ivana PRŮCHOVÁ, Vojtěch VOMÁČKA a Dominik ŽIDEK. Právo životního prostředí: Obecná část. 1.vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2016. 716 s. učebnice č.531. ISBN 978-80-210-8366-0.
  • JANČÁŘOVÁ, Ilona, Jana DUDOVÁ, Jakub HANÁK, Milan PEKÁREK, Ivana PRŮCHOVÁ a Jana TKÁČIKOVÁ. Právo životního prostředí:Zvláštní část. 1.,vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2015. 624 s. učebnice - 527. ISBN 978-80-210-8041-6.
    recommended literature
  • JANČÁŘOVÁ, Ilona. Právo životního prostředí pro bakaláře. 1., 1. dotisk. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2013, 292 pp. Učebnice - č.467. ISBN 978-80-210-5556-8. info
  • PRŮCHOVÁ, Ivana, Ján BAHÝĽ, Lenka BAHÝĽOVÁ, Jitka BĚLOHRADOVÁ, Jana FILIPOVÁ, Vlastimil GÖTTINGER, Jakub HANÁK, Martin HOLÍK, Josef CHÝLE, Tomáš KOCOUREK, Marie POLÁČKOVÁ, Petr POSPÍŠIL, Filip RIGEL and Radim VIČAR. Správní procesy v právu životního prostředí (Administrative Processes in Environmental Law). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 412 pp. Spisy PrF MU, řada teoretická, svazek 329. ISBN 978-80-210-5362-5. info
  • JANČÁŘOVÁ, I. BAHÝL´OVÁ, L., PEKÁREK, M., PRŮCHOVÁ, I., VOMÁČKA, V.: Odpovědnost v právu životního prostředí- současný stav a perspektivy, MU, Brno, 2013, 345 s.
  • Stejskal,V., Vícha, O.: Zákon o předcházení ekologické újmě a o její nápravě s komentářem, souvisícími předpisy a s úvodem do problematiky ekologicko-právní odpovědnosti. Praha, Leges, 2009, 336 s.
  • Horáček, Z., Král, M., Strnad, Z., Vytejčková, V.: Vodní zákon s podrobným komentářem po velké novele stavebního zákona k 1.1.2013, Sondy, s.r.o., Praha 2013, 423 s.
  • Psutka, J.: Odpovědnost za ekologické škody v občanském právu, Wolters Kluwer ČR, Praha 2011, 436 s.
  • JANČÁŘOVÁ, Ilona. Opatření k nápravě v právu životního prostředí (Corrective measures in the environemntal law). Právní rozhledy. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2010, roč. 18, č. 16, p. 575-580. ISSN 1210-6410. info
  • JANČÁŘOVÁ, Ilona. Právní následky změn podmínek rozhodných pro povolování aktivit (Legal Consequences of Changes in Conditions of a Permit to Operate the Activity). In Dny práva-2009-Days of Law: the Conference Proceedings, 1. editiion. 1st ed. Brno: Masaryk University, 2009, 9 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-4990-1. URL info
    not specified
  • Bahýĺ, J., Bahýĺová, L., Kocourek, T.: Příklady a judikatura y práva životního prostředí. Leges, s.r.o., Praha 2010, 208 s.
  • Drobník, J., Dvořák, P.: Lesní zákon. Komentář. Praha, Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2010, 304 s.
  • Jans., J.H., Vedder, H.B.: European Environmental Law. After Lisbon, 4th edition, Europa Law Pulishing, Groningen 2012, 560 s.
  • Kramer, L.: EU Environmental Law, 7th edition, Sweet and Mawwell, London 2011, 465 s.
Teaching methods
- interactive lectures - case studies solved by students - elaboration of test case decisions by students
Assessment methods
Written test.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2014, Spring 2015, Autumn 2015, Spring 2016, Autumn 2016, Spring 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020.
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